WHY attend a bookstore reading?

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Readers and writers write:

@PatriciaBrooks because you should support authors who put their heart & soul into their writing, & it's a learning opportunity, time well spent	@Bookfoolery If I hadn't gone to see Douglas Adams do a reading of Hitchhiker's, I prob. wouldn't have discovered Wodehouse for a long time.	@Bookfoolery It's usually a joy to hear an author do a reading & they tend to tell really great anecdotes, answer questions, etc.
Bill Wilson because it's far more enlightening than say, reality TV?	@parsingplace mostly to support writers and the stores which distribute their work!	@parsingplace listening to an author in an atmosphere abuzz with others is a great complement to the solitary pleasure of reading.
Lee Pursewarden  Because if I go to yours, maybe you'll go to mine?	Dylan Landis I think it's important to show up... for writers, who work in isolation; for bookstores, which support the work; and for other readers, because community is so sustaining. Your presence counts.